Birthday
1895/06/03
Day of death
1957/06/01 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also know as
Edward Russell Hicks, R. E. Hicks, R.E. Hicks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American film actor. Born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Hicks appeared in nearly 300 films between 1915 and 1956. His first appearance was an uncredited role in The Birth of a Nation (1915). He often appeared as a smooth-talking confidence man, as in the W.C. Fields film The Bank Dick (1940). Distinguished, suave and a consummate actor, Hicks played a variety of judges, corrupt officials, business...Read more
(1940) The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
(1946) The Show-Off
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
(1940) The Mortal Storm
as Rector
(1941) Doctors Don't Tell
as Supt. Duff
(1939) North of Shanghai
as Rowley
(1945) Apology for Murder
as Harvey Kirkland
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
(1935) Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as James Andrews
(1942) Sealed Lips
as Dr. Charles Evans
(1942) Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
(1936) Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
(1940) Seven Sinners
as First Governor
(1945) Flame of Barbary Coast
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
(1948) The Velvet Touch
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
(1941) Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
(1944) Louisiana Hayride
as H.C.Forbes
(1941) The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
(1941) Western Union
as Provisional Governor
(1956) Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Angel Chief
(1945) The Valley of Decision
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
(1943) Air Raid Wardens
as Major Scanlon
(1946) Dark Alibi
as Warden Cameron
(1944) The Port of 40 Thieves
as Charles Farrington
(1948) The Hunted
as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
(1942) Fingers at the Window
as Dr. Chandley
(1945) Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
(1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mr. Barrows
(1940) Nobody's Children
as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
(1941) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Harry Walsh
(1939) Bad Little Angel
as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
(1948) Race Street
as Easy Mason
(1936) Laughing Irish Eyes
as Silk Taylor
(1940) Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
as Colonel Barton
(1943) Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
(1936) Special Investigator
as Inspector Perkett
(1947) Exposed
as Col. Bentry
(1942) Butch Minds the Baby
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
(1937) Pick a Star
as Mr. Stone
(1936) The Music Goes 'Round
as Mr. Cohn
(1939) The Real Glory
as Capt. Manning
(1936) The Accusing Finger
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
(1945) A Game of Death
as Mr. Whitney
(1949) I Cheated the Law
as District Attorney Randolph
(1942) Springtime in the Rockies
as Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
(1934) Mushrooms
as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
(1935) Sweet Music
as Mayor of New York City
(1935) Ladies Crave Excitement
as Bert Taylor
(1951) Bowery Battalion
as Melvin Hatfield
(1940) Love Thy Neighbor
as Harrington
(1935) Honeymoon Limited
as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
(1936) Grand Jury
as Jim Hanify
(1942) We Were Dancing
as Mr. Bryce-Carew
(1936) Ticket to Paradise
as Colton
(1935) Living on Velvet
as Major at Flying Field
(1951) As You Were
as Col. Lockwood
(1949) South of St. Louis
as ---
(1950) The Big Hangover
as Steve Hughes
(1948) One Sunday Afternoon
as Tredway
(1952) Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Col. Lockwood
(1947) Louisiana
as Fred Astor
(1937) The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Prosecuting Attorney
(1935) Lady Tubbs
as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
(1937) It Happened Out West
as Cooley
(1946) The Plainsman and the Lady
as Sen. Twin
(1937) Secret Valley
as Lawyer Austin Martin
(1937) 23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Capt. Barker
(1937) Fit for a King
as Editor Hardwick
(1937) Clipped Wings
as Capt. Morton
(1939) Boy Trouble
as Magistrate
(1945) The Master Key
as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
(1939) Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
(1937) The Wildcatter
as Tom Frayne
(1937) Partners in Crime
as Mayor Callahan
(1938) Little Miss Broadway
as Perry
(1941) Pacific Blackout
as Commanding Officer
(1946) Till the Clouds Roll By
as Producer (uncredited)
(1955) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
as ---
(1938) The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Capt. Stafford
(1934) The Case of the Howling Dog
as Clinton Foley
(1947) The Pilgrim Lady
as Thackery Gibbs
(1934) The Firebird
as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
(1951) Overland Telegraph
as Col. Marvin
(1938) Fugitives for a Night
as Maurice Tenwright
(1951) Kentucky Jubilee
as T.J. Hoarsely
(1937) On Again—Off Again
as George Dilwig
(1944) Bathing Beauty
as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
(1950) Blue Grass of Kentucky
as James B. Armistead
(1939) The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
(1943) Three Hearts for Julia
as Colonel (uncredited)
(1938) Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
(1945) First Yank into Tokyo
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
(1940) Earthbound
as Prosecutor
(1937) Midnight Taxi
as Barney Flagg
(1939) Swanee River
as Andrew McDowell
(1934) Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
(1941) Blood and Sand
as Marquis
(1942) To the Shores of Tripoli
as Major Wilson
(1937) The Big Shot
as Martin Drake
(1941) Arkansas Judge
as Hetty's Attorney
(1937) We Who Are About to Die
as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
(1939) Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
(1936) Spendthrift
as Attorney
(1936) Fatal Lady
as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
(1933) Before Morning
as Jim Nichols
(1936) Laughing at Trouble
as Cyrus Hall
(1941) The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
(1934) Gentlemen Are Born
as Newspaper Editor
(1938) Men with Wings
as Gen. Marlin
(1949) Manhattan Angel
as J.C. Rayland
(1940) Virginia City
as Armistead
(1935) While the Patient Slept
as Dr. Jay
(1939) East Side of Heaven
as Hinkle (uncredited)
(1939) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel (uncredited)
(1939) Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939) Stanley and Livingstone
as Commissioner
(1940) Sporting Blood
as 'Sneak' OBrien
(1936) Dodge City Trail
as Kenyon Phillips
(1950) The Flying Saucer
as Hank Thorn
(1941) Man-Made Monster
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
(1938) Kidnapped
as Bailiff
(1953) The Studebaker Story
as Harold S. Vance
(1940) Parole Fixer
as U.S. District Court Judge
(1948) My Dear Secretary
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
(1937) Espionage
as Alfred Hartrix
(1946) G.I. War Brides
as Insp. Ramsaye
(1947) The Judge Steps Out
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
(1950) Again Pioneers
as Pete Galloway
(1951) Fourteen Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
(1941) Great Guns
as Gen. Burns
(1940) The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
(1941) The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
(1942) Lady in a Jam
as Carter
(1935) Devil Dogs of the Air
as Captain
(1935) Thunder in the Night
as Prefect of Police
(1950) Unmasked
as George Richards
(1946) A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
(1936) Woman Trap
as Dodd
(1934) The Secret Bride
as John F. Holdstock
(1935) The Woman in Red
as Defense Attorney Clayton
(1936) 15 Maiden Lane
as Judge Graham
(1937) A Dangerous Adventure
as Allen
(1941) The Parson of Panamint
as Prosecuting Attorney
(1943) Follow the Band
as Jeremiah K. Barton
(1936) Sea Spoilers
as Phil Morgan
(1940) Johnny Apollo
as District Attorney
(1941) Here Comes Happiness
as John Vance
(1940) Enemy Agent
as Lyman Scott
(1941) Buy Me That Town
as Malcolm
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Maj. Dell Harney
(1948) The Black Arrow
as Sir Harry Shelton
(1940) The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
(1916) Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
(1941) Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
(1936) Two in the Dark
as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
(1946) The Hoodlum Saint
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
(1938) Gateway
as Ernest Porter
(1940) No, No, Nanette
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
(1939) Hotel for Women
as Van Ellis
(1940) East of the River
as Warden
(1940) Lady with Red Hair
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
(1938) That Certain Age
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
(1940) Junior G-Men
as Col. Barton
(1943) Someone to Remember
as Mr. Stanton
(1934) Babbitt
as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
(1948) The Gallant Legion
as Senator Beale
(1947) Web of Danger
as Gallagher
(1946) Gay Blades
as Buxton
(1939) Our Leading Citizen
as Chairman
(1939) Hotel Imperial
as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
(1952) The Maverick
as Col. Hook
(1952) Old Oklahoma Plains
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
(1942) King of the Mounties
as Marshal Carleton
(1943) The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
(1948) The Plunderers
as Cavalry Colonel
(1942) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
(1943) King of the Cowboys
as Texas Governor
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
(1935) Dante's Inferno
as Prosecuting Attorney
(1947) Dark Delusion
as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
(1937) The Westland Case
as Mr. Woodbury
(1941) Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
(1934) Murder in the Clouds
as Taggert
(1951) All That I Have
as Jess Northrup
(1937) Girl Overboard
as Sam Le Maire
(1944) Janie
as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
(1937) Fifty Roads to Town
as Police Official
(1942) Joe Smith, American
as Mr. Edgerton
(1945) She Gets Her Man
as Mayor
(1938) In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
(1942) Strictly in the Groove
as RC Saunders
(1936) Bunker Bean
as A. C. Jones
(1949) Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
(1948) The Return of October
as Taylor
(1937) The Toast of New York
as Lawyer
(1943) His Butler's Sister
as Sanderson
(1948) The Shanghai Chest
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
(1947) Fun on a Weekend
as John Biddle
(1944) The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
as Colonel
(1935) Go Into Your Dance
as Sam Rupert
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mr. Graves
(1937) Let Them Live
as Newspaper Editor
(1939) Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
(1942) Pacific Rendezvous
as John Carter
(1948) Assigned to Danger
as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
(1935) If You Could Only Cook
as Dillon (uncredited)
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
(1949) Barbary Pirate
as Commodore Preble
(1947) Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Appleby
(1948) The Noose Hangs High
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
(1945) Getting Gertie's Garter
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1946) Swing Parade of 1946
as Daniel Warren Sr.
(1942) Ship Ahoy
as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
(1956) 7th Cavalry
as Col. Kellogg
(1941) A Man Betrayed
as C.R. Pringle
(1946) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
(1937) Criminals of the Air
as Kurt Feldon
(1942) Tennessee Johnson
as Lincoln's Emissary
(1942) Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Samuel Thornton
(1939) The Big Guy
as Lawson
(1947) Smoky River Serenade
as J. Bricket Armstrong
(1956) You Can't Run Away from It
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1936) The General Died at Dawn
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
(1944) Captain America
as Mayor Randolph
(1948) Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Supreme Court Judge
(1953) Man of Conflict
as Mr. Murdock
(1943) Proceed and Report
as Captain
(1939) America's Safest Tire
as Fisk Tire Official
(1935) Millions in the Air
as Davis
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Hinton
(1954) The Secret Storm
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ---
(1956) West Point
as ---
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Jasper King
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as J. Winston Fletcher
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1951) Racket Squad
as ---
(1955) Playwrights '56
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1957) Panic!
as ---
(2022) The Big Breakfast
as ---